Salt and pepper shaker.



E. H. GOODWIN.

SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER. 7

APPLICATION FILE'D 050.11, 1917.

1,294,652 Patented Feb.18,1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December 11, 1917. Serial No. 206,682.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ELIAS H. Goonwm, a. citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Salt and Pepper Shakers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in condiment holders and particularly to salt and pepper shakers.

One object of the present invention is to provide an improved device of this character whereby either the salt or the pepper can be shaken out separately or collectively.

Another object is to provide an improved device which can be conveniently and quickly applied to the ordinary threaded neck of a salt or pepper shaker.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a salt and ing drawing, 10 represents a vessel whichis divided longitudinally by the partition wall 11, into the two compartments 12 and 13, the former being adapted for containing salt while the latter is adapted to contain pepper. The upper end of the receptacle is provided with a threaded neck 14 for the engagement of the cap which will now be described.

The cap is formed from metal, celluloid, or other suitable -material and has the pressed threaded flange 15 for engagement with the threaded neck of the receptacle. The top or disk portion 16, of the cap is divided transversely by the division strip 17 into tWo' sections, 18 and 19, the former being formed with the salt openings 20 and the latter with the smaller pepper openings 21.

The upper portion of the cap is formed with a peripheral bead 22 which results in an inner groove 23, and disposed to slide in this groove, toward and away from the strip 17, are the segmental disks 24, and 25, the former being formed with openings 26 for registry with the salt openings 20, while the latter is formed with the openings 27 for registry with the pepper openings 21. In the top of the cap, at the opposite sides of the strip 17, are formed the radial slots 28, and arranged for sliding movement in said slots are the upturned fingerpieces 29 and 30, respectively, of the segmental disks 24 and 25. It will be noted that the upper end of the, division wall 11 extends upwardly to a point flush with the upper end of the threaded neck, and that when the cap is screwed on to said neck, the strip 17 rests on the upper end of said wall, whereby the contents of each compartment is pre vented from getting into the other compartment.

Whenthe disks are in such positions that the fi-ngerpieces are disposed against the strip 17, the holes in said disks are out of registry with the holes of the'disk of the top, and thus the contents of both compartments are prevented from removal. it is desired to use the contents of either of the compartments, the appropriate disk is slipped toward the outer end of the cap whereby the openings thereof willregister with those of the cap, and the contents of the compartment thereunder may be shaken through said registered openings. Thus either of the compartments may be used, or

if it is desired to use both at once, both disks are moved outwardly, whereby both the salt and the pepper will flow out.

What is claimed is:

A cap for a condiment holder having a threaded flange for engagement on the neck of the holder and having a central transverse division strip, said cap having an external circumferential bead extending beyond said threaded flange and having an internal groove, near the outer periphery, the said cap having openings at opposite sides of the division strip, said cap having slots on opposite sides of the said strip extending at right angles to the said strip,

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and plates formed with openings for registry In testimony whereoff F iii" my signature with the openings of the cup and siidabiy in {ass pi, s?

supported in said grooves for movement toward and away from said strip, said disk ELIAS H. GOODWIN. members being provided with upturned fin- Witnesses:

gei'pieces extending through and nwvsble in R. L, FTUSTEDQ said slots. A. L. KREUZBERGER. 

